
Fact Sheet: Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Aug 15, 2024 · TPS holders from El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti contribute a combined $4.5 billion in pre-tax wages or salary income annually to our nation’s gross domestic product. The total Social Security and Medicare contributions of those individuals is estimated at more than $6.9 billion over a ten year span.
pending. Termination of TPS for Haiti, Honduras, and Nepal are currently blocked by court issued preliminary injunctions. On September 14, 2020 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the lower court’s preliminary injunction and allowed the termination of TPS for El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Sudan to proceed.
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, February 21, 2025
Feb 21, 2025 · Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem stated that the decision restores TPS to its “original status as temporary” and criticized the extensions by the Biden administration as attempts to “tie the hands” of the Trump administration. Noem must still decide whether DHS will end TPS protections for Haiti, a decision that appears likely ...
Friday, June 28, 2024 - National Immigration Forum
On June 28, the Biden Administration announced the extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The 18-month extension – effective August 4, 2024 – will allow over 116,500 Haitian TPS holders to retain their status through February 3, 2026. It also extends the protection to an estimated 309,000 Haitian ...
Continue American Safety Act (CASA) Addressing Temporary …
Jul 30, 2018 · Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) introduced the Continue American Safety Act (CASA), H.R. 6325, on July 10, 2018. The bill would extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of nationals from: Haiti, El Salvador, Syria, Nepal, Honduras, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Nicaragua, and South Sudan, and provides a new grant of TPS to certain Guatemalan …
4 days ago · On December 9, 2020, DHS issued a notice extending TPS documentation for TPS holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan through October 4, 2021 while litigation is on-going. DHS will continue to extend the validity of these immigration documents in nine-month intervals.
May 2, 2022 · after the designated start date are only made eligible for status if TPS is re-designated for their country. For example, the Secretary has let TPS expire for . Honduras, Nepal, El Salvador , Haiti, Sudan and Nicaragua, but in September 2020 it chose to extend TPS for eligible immigrants from South Sudan through May 2022.
Explainer: USCIS Memo on TPS Holders' Access to Adjustment of …
Jul 21, 2022 · On July 1, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a memo titled “Rescission of Matter of Z-R-Z-C as an Adopted Decision; agency interpretation of authorized travel by TPS beneficiaries.” The memo provides certain previously excluded Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders with eligibility to adjust to permanent status and …
2. The memo creates a new mechanism for authorizing travel for TPS holders that is not advanced parole. In Duarte v. Mayorkas, the court argues that advanced parole cannot be used to authorize travel (or return) of TPS holders. The memo establishes a new travel authorization process and document for TPS holders that is separate from advanced ...
TPS Act of 2018 Bill Summary - National Immigration Forum
Jan 10, 2018 · TPS Holders Are Valuable Contributors to the United States: TPS holders participate in our economy. TPS holders from El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti contribute a combined $4.5 billion in pre-tax wages or salary income annually to U.S. gross domestic product and $6.9 billion to Social Security and Medicare over a decade.